I think the old lady has a point. I can also understand your
position, but you clearly have not fully understood the limitation
time was placing on your exchange; and you were blindly
“optimistic” in assuming that you could somehow change the fellow,
especially in the face of conflicting evidence. You didn’t optimise
on communication. I wonder if a similar sensibility to your own
would also conclude in similar exasperation, with an imagined list
of stupidities which lead all the poor souls to their current
predicaments.

I’d love to talk about this, but it may take a while. Do you
have time for, say, 10 rounds of exchange here?

This blog post is funny. The guy was being a complete idiot, and
you were being a complete dick. Perhaps the real title of your blog
post should be “complete trainwreck”

I’d love to talk about this, but it may take a while. Do you
have time for, say, 10 rounds of exchange here?

I’d love to talk about this, but it may take a while. Do you
have time for, say, 9 rounds of exchange here?